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self-reˈstraint
[self- 1 a.]
Restraint imposed by oneself upon one's actions, etc.
1775Ash, Self-restraint, a restraint from one's self. 1848Mill Pol. Econ. i. x. §3 (1876) 99 A prudent and conscientious self-restraint. 1871Jowett Plato II. 253 Those invalids who, having no self-restraint, will not leave off their habits of intemperance.
So self-reˈstrained, self-reˈstraining ppl. adjs., marked by or involving self-restraint.
a1700Dryden Iliad i. 398 Power, *self-restrain'd, the people best obey. 1861G. J. Whyte-Melville Good for Nothing II. 195 Her tone was softened, and her bearing more self-restrained.
1828–32Webster, *Self-restraining, restraining or controlling itself. 1844Marg. Ossoli Woman in 19th Cent. (1862) 65 Not [capable] of a steadfast wisdom, nor self-restraining virtue. |